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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Eating non food items was never one of my habits, but I remember a girl in early school days who the teacher had to watch carefully during times when paste was being used or she would eat more than was used for her project. I seem to recall the brush being replaced by a crappy plastic serrated...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I'm with you on the moms being attractive over the daughters. I work in a university town. Driving through campus in nice weather in recent years leaves little to the imagination. I've noticed that the girls, in spite of their lack of modesty, don't get my attention. Part of this is in some...
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    You know you are getting old when:

    Richard Speck was born in a small farm town in the same county where I was raised. My high school history teacher had him as a student. He always said the teachers agreed he was going to do something bad, they just didn't know what or when. Apparently he radiated a bad vibe even as a child...
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    Vintage neon signs

    I know that is true, but why were these widespread abominations considered OK? Nothing screams trash like one of these sitting out front weighted down with a pile of concrete blocks.
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    There are quite a few "videos" that pop up on YouTube. Some are like what Lizzie mentioned above or are movie clips. Here's one from the Andrews Sisters.
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    You know you are getting old when:

    I'm not sure how this works, but the guy in the mirror doesn't strike me as appearing remotely nearly as old as the same guy who appears in pictures snapped by my wife and others with their ever ready cell phone cameras. :(
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    You know you are getting old when:

    From the article: "But we have reached the limits of common sense and common decency." Nah. Not even close. I'm not sure that there is a limit to craven indifference.
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    Name the Actor...

    Even with the librarian glasses and the knitting there's only one Grace.
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    WWII Myths and Misconceptions (That Need to Go Away)

    Not sure on that one, but the AP's Edward Kennedy caused a crap storm by defying SHAEF and breaking the end of the war in Europe before the blackout was lifted and before the shooting stopped.
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    Things I wanna know before I kick the bucket!

    Because we were first. When Edison came up with a practical light bulb he didn't have the materials to make a filament to stand higher voltage. By the time that advancement happened 120 volt was the standard. It was also thought to be safer to use than 240 volts. Europe and a lot of the rest of...
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    What are you listening to?

    And now for something completely different.
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Coonskin caps had a high profit margin. I have read that they sold something like 100 million dollars in Crockett swag. In 1955 dollars. I'll let somebody else figure that in current dollars.
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    Things I wanna know before I kick the bucket!

    I'm not a big cat fan, but they seem to like me. A friend who has always had a cat says it's because I ignore them. When I see one I always say "hi cat" and walk on by. Apparently this intrigues them for some reason.
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    Vintage roadside

    There are a number of things that I have liked that have been changed/ruined by ham handed bean counters or morons of various titles. It usually precedes their being discontinued because "the market has changed". No you insufferable idiots, you ruined it and people quit buying. Every day must be...
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    Things I wanna know before I kick the bucket!

    I like some strange combinations, but this is for you 》o_O
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Sounds like one I sat through many years ago called "About Last Night". That was the first time that it really struck me that we were collectively going off the rails in any moral sense. Maybe it had happened long before, but the popularity of the movie put it on my radar.
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    Vintage neon signs

    Mach 1 the Italian food field tester. :D
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    Vintage roadside

    We had one at the last shop I worked at. It sat in the back for years and we got it out, replaced the cord and fired it up. We still had an actual Coke plant closeby then and they had about 10 cases of the 6 ounce glass they would fill for us. It was supposed to be a gimmick for customers to...
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    When Travel was Romantic

    That, my good man would be quite a trip.
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    What are you snacking on?

    We have a bag of penguins in the cupboard for our granddaughter. For the life of me I can't tell them apart. It must be all of the seafood the penguins eat. :D

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